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5.212 TERRP 68(3.25) Brooklyn: Tomato & Anchovy Pizza

-Cycle 5, Item 212-

5 (Tue) August 2014

-American-

Tomato & Anchovy Pizza

2.0

from Brooklyn (Robinsons Place) [takeout]

in my apt

-Ermita, Manila-

solo

TERRP (Try Every Restaurant in Robinsons Place), Phase 3. In Manila since January, here through October under the current contract, living above Robinsons Place, I've been eating my way through the mall. As far as I know, nobody has ever done anything like this, my unique contribution to the city's food/blog scene. I did all the restaurants on the 1st floor (currently 36, down from the initial 40) and the 2nd floor (currently 7, down from the initial 14). Now, I'm on to the restaurants on the 3rd floor (currently 30, 2 of which were already covered during Phase 1). Then, once Phase 3 is complete, time permitting, the 4th floor. Henceforth, however, I'll take them as they come, no more pushing the agenda; if I don't finish, no big deal.

This is the 68th in the series, the 25th on the 3rd floor. Adriatico Wing.

Brooklyn is an American-style pizza restaurant chain. Founded in the Philippines, currently 7 locations around Metro Manila, including the newest one in Robinsons Place, just opened a couple weeks ago.* Specializes in New York-style pizza--sizes are called "Manhattan" (small), "Queens" (medium), "Brooklyn" (large)--but also offers Italian-American pasta favorites and, oddly enough, Filipino breakfast dishes.

The pizza was okay. The crust was rather amateur in texture. Too much anchovy, making the pizza too salty. And the tomatoes were raw, tossed on top after the fact. But the pie was edible overall.

*I'll forever close the book on TERRP once all the extant restaurants have been covered. Those that open subsequently, too late. Any that opens before I'm done, like Brooklyn, I'll do. While 12 restaurants have shut down during the past 6.5 months, only 1 has opened. Several are under construction, have been for months, so I need to hurry before they're complete--in this one context, I'm appreciating the Filipino take-it-easy attitude.